How To Use highly strung In A Sentence
- On behalf of my client, Mrs. Fennell, I wish to impress upon the Bench the gravity of the offence with which the accused Richard Fennell is charged, namely, drunkenness from excessive use of an illegal intoxicant known as poteen, house-breaking, terrorizing and almost paralyzing with fear his highly strung and sensitive wife, and adding insult to injury in resisting arrest by his Majesty's guardian of law and order, Duty, and other Irish Comedies
- Breeds differ in how highly strung they are, how much they snap at children and in their fondness for barking.
- His voice always seems highly strung, like he's about to crack, yet there's also something cold and unemotional to it.
- She was a highly strung artist, recognised for the intensity she brought to her roles. A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945
- She may sound highly strung, but her demeanour is admirably grounded. Annie Lennox: 'I would have been perfect as a man'
- She was a nervous, highly strung and jumpy individual. Times, Sunday Times
- She was a nervous, highly strung and jumpy individual. Times, Sunday Times
- She REALLY needs to do a barista course, but instant is probably the best bet for highly strung “people on the go” not only because of the convenience but also cause of the high caffeine content of the robusta ‘bean’ which is basically the bean used for ‘instant’. Cheeseburger Gothic » Snip snip.
- She said: 'She is a highly strung fox terrier. Times, Sunday Times
- Show-jumpers are highly bred thoroughbred horses and as a result they are extremely highly strung.
